Baby's First Day

Welcome! Baby's First Day is your place for wellness through pregnancy,
labor, birth, and postpartum. Whether you are planning on a natural home birth or simply considering your birth options, April, our
certified professional midwife can help you achieve the birth of your
dreams. April affirms the power and strength of women. She honors and promotes the normalcy of pregnancy, labor, birth, and breast feeding.

For the vast majority of women pregnancy, labor, birth, and breast
feeding are all normal healthy events in their lives. Prenatal care at
a Baby’s First Day focuses on enhancing the health of the mother and
therefore the health of the baby. Much time is spent discussing
nutrition, exercise, and emotional well being. Pregnancy should be a
time of joy, health, and vitality. Healthy pregnancy and birth need
our respect, patience, and understanding and not our intervention.

April’s education and experience truly set her apart. April brings over a
decade of experience and has assisted over 2,000 mothers bring their
baby’s into the world. April holds both a bachelors and masters degree
in nursing. She worked as a registered labor and delivery nurse at Sunrise
Hospital for five years. Upon completing her masters degree, April
began working as a certified nurse-midwife at St. Rose Hospital. April
introduced many natural birthing options to the hospital including
water birth, birth stools, and intermittent monitoring. Upon opening
her home birth practice April became certified through the North
American Registry of Midwives as a Certified Professional
Midwife. While the overwhelming majority of births are completely
normal and require no intervention, April’s extensive experience in
medicine gives her confidence in any situation.

Education is an integral part of prenatal care. April offers a great
deal of information at every prenatal visit. She also refers families
to child birth education courses. Classes include Hypnobirthing,
Bradley Method, Lamaze, and more. April also has many long standing
relationships with doulas, chiropractors, pediatricians, massage therapists, and obstetricians.
Their services are readily available and often enhance the pregnancy,
birth, and postpartum experience.

April has an extensive background in maternity care and offers
compassionate, individualized attention to your pregnancy. Whether you
are planning a water birth, vaginal birth after cesarean section
(VBAC), or the birth of your first baby April can help you achieve a
safe, happy, healthy, birth day for your new baby.

Please feel free to contact April to schedule a free consultation to see home birth is right for you.